African-American VC launches $17-million fund for startups driving demographic change
Woodard made headlines in 2016 when she joined 500 Startups.
Melinda French Gates
U.S. billionaire Bill Gates commits $7 billion to support health, agriculture in Africa
The Gates Foundation has distributed more than $80 billion in grants, not including the $7 billion just earmarked for Africa.
Tsitsi Masiyiwa, Melinda French Gates, others join forces with Co-Impact to launch $1-billion gender fund
Co-Impact will allocate at least 10 percent of the funds raised to feminist and women’s rights organizations and movements.